Building construction



Aug. 16, 1921.;

D. B. DANIELSON ma v J9 J INVENTOR.

Patented Aug.v 16, 1927.

DANIEL B. DANIELSON, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application led January 11, 1926. Serial No. 80,593.

This invention relates to improvements in building construction.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a practicaland easily arranged metal lath tie-to insert.

In building construction and particularly in the casting of concretebeams various means-are adopted for the provision of an insert to whichthe metal laths or plaster base may be tied or secured or to hanganything desired. All of the means now in Ycommon use are open toobjections in that an undue amount of material is used, an eX- cessiveamount of time is consumed inthe l5 installation, and the tie-to meansare not always readily concealed. 1

It is, therefore, the primary object of the present invention to providea plaster base tie-to insert which will eliminate the foregoingobjections and which does not add ap` preciably to the constructionexpense.

A further object of the invention is to provide a building constructionvwhich is very simple, is strong and durable, and is well adapted for thepurposes described.

Vith the above and other objects in view the invention consists of theimproved building construction, and its parts and combinations as setforth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference charactersindicate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. l is a longitudinal sectional view of a soflit board and concretebeam with a tieto wire inserted therein;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a concrete beam, showing the plasterfinish, the plaster base, and the tie-to;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of aconcrete beam and the manner inwhich the plaster base is secured thereto; and

Fig. 4; is a view showing a modified form of the invention. f

The invention, as set forth, is associated with building construction,and particularly the construction of concrete beams. In casting concretebeams it is common practice to utilize a soflt board which is a formfor'the bottom face of the beam. A

In carrying out the present invention a soit board 5, provided with anelongated slot 6 is used and the tie-to or anchoring rod 7 is insertedin said slot, as shown in Fig. l.

The tie-to rod or anchoring member 7 is in the forni of an elongated rodhaving spaced apart looped or offset portions 8. After the concrete hasset to form the beam and the sofit board is removed the member 7 will bepermanently -attached to the beam as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the loopedportions 8 being embedded therein. It will also be noted that there isclearance between the rod and the bottom of the beam to permit tying, aswill later be explained, this clearance being` due to the. depth of theslot 6 in the soft board.

In connection with the tie-to rod, l@any form of plaster base may beused and particularly metal laths. As shown in Fig. 3 the plaster' basemembers or laths 9 are positioned against the underside of the rod 7 andare tied thereto by tie wires l0 which are bent about the rod and lath.Then, the lat-hs are plastered in the usual manner and the rod and tiewires are covered, as shown in Fig. 2.'

In theV modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 4, the members 7are short in length so that the shanks may be bent about the laths asshown, thereby eliminating the use of the wires.

Frein the foregoing description it will be seen that the inventionprovides a novel and effective means for securing a plaster base to aconcrete beam in building construction.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. In a building construction, a cast member, an elongated non-yieldingrod formed with off-set portions, the off-set portions being embedded insaid cast member, and the entire rod portion being spaced from thesurface of the cast` member, and a plaster base tiedat spaced points tosaid rod.

2. In a building construction,` a concrete beam, an elongatednon-yielding rod extending longitudinally with said beam and formed withoff-set portions, the off-set portions being cast into said beam and theentire longitudinal portions of the rod being spaced from the face ofsaid beam, a plaster base, independent ties embracing the base andencircling the rod and plaster covering the outer surface of saidplaster base.

In testimonyv whereof, I affix my signature.

DANIEL B. DANIELSON.

